The Washington State Supreme Court accepted review of Freedom Foundation v. Gregoire. The case will determine if the Governor has a constitutional-based "executive privilege" allowing her office to withhold public records that would otherwise be disclosable under the Public Records Act. This is a big one.
The case was brought by the Freedom Foundation.
“Og-blog” stands for “open-government blog” and that’s what we do: tell people about open-government issues of interest to regular citizens, media, trade associations, and government agencies. We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington State and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access-to-court rulings, and media law.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Iowa Now Has Open-Gov't Mediation Agency
What a terrific idea. Good for Iowa. Looks like they've done what OG-MED is doing in Washington State (via the private sector).
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Whatcom County Settles OPMA Suit
Whatcom County agreed to pay a $2,000 settlement to quickly end a suit by Tim Paxton alleging email meeting among the entire county council violated the Open Public Meetings Act.
Greg Overstreet Forms Overstreet Law Firm
Og-blog has been sponsored by Allied Law Group for several years. On April 1, Greg Overstreet left Allied and formed Overstreet Law Firm (www.overstreet-law.com).
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Supreme Court Rules Accident Reports Disclosable
The Washington State Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, ruled that certain accident reports are subject to disclosure. Here is the Seattle Times story on this.